Geography
African Empires
Islam in Africa
Trade in Africa
Wild Card
100
The Location of the 3 African Kingdoms
What is West Africa?
100
Name the earliest African Empire
What is Ghana?
100
Goods were carried north and south across the desert by Muslims
Who are Berbers?
100
The earliest towns, markets and cities grew up here in Africa
What is at the lines of transition from one ecological zone to the next?
100
The shortest lived Empire
What is Songhai?
200
Location of the salt mines
What is desert? (North)
200
Main market in Ghana
What is Kumbi-Saleh?
200
Became a leading center of Islam
What is Timbuktu?
200
Most trade routes followed these directions
What is North and South?
200
A similarity between all the West African Kingdoms
What is all of them were focused on trade?
300
Location of the goldfields
What are the savanna and forest zones?
300
Main market in Mali
What is Timbuktu?
300
These types of people followed the religion of Islam
Who are wealthy, powerful and well-educated people?
300
Highly valuable resources in Africa
What are salt and gold?
300
They invaded and defeated the Songhai army in 1591
Who are the Moroccans?
400
Major trade route that flows through the Sahel, Savanna, forest in West Africa
What is the Niger River?
400
Main market in Songhai
What is Gao?
400
Name of people who practice the religion of Islam
Who are Muslims?
400
Used in different zones in order to make trading easier
What are animals?
400
The reason why the Moroccans invaded and defeated the Songhai army
What is to take control of the gold trade?
500
List the 5 ecological zones in Africa
What is the Mediterranean, Sahel, Sahara, Savanna, Rain Forest?
500
Ruler who expanded Mali's boarders and expanded trade across the Sahara
Who is Mansa Musa?
500
Islam is an easy religion to follow
What is reasons how Islam spread to Africa?
500
Most important trading partners for Mali and Songhai Empires
What is North Africa?
500
There are this many countries in Africa?
What is 54?